A successful digital transition for Metalus’s new smart factory

Client
Metalus
Sector
Manufacturing
Expertise
  • Operational Systems Management
  • Digital Transformation

CONTEXT

Metalus specializes in sheet metal fabrication. The company, which has seen steady growth since 1988, found itself at an impasse created by a logistics problem.

CHALLENGES

its 125 employees were having to manually distribute more than 1000 work orders a week. This old-fashioned process posed serious challenges for order distribution, management, and follow-up.

ASSIGNMENT

Digitizing operations: a first step toward Factory 4.0

Merkur supported Metalus in digitizing its operations to make the plant more efficient and connected.

RESULTS

30 %

reduction in errors

OBJECTIVE AND ACTIONS

With the help of Merkur’s experts and SYNKRO software, Metalus successfully made the transition to a smart factory. 

In order to successfully digitize Metalus’s work orders, Merkur structured the processes and implemented digital solutions to connect operations.

TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES

Overhauled the company’s main business processes

Implemented the SYNKRO platform and VKS software

Connected the factory equipment

Implemented real-time tracking of performance indicators

The digitization of work orders did more than just eliminate paper from the company’s daily operations. Thanks to Merkur’s multidisciplinary approach, the switch to digital also gave company managers real-time access to production data. This invaluable information has become an indispensable tool that enables management to take rapid action fast when human intervention is required.

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